Hinge



H. A. PAUL. HlNGE. APucAnon FILED SEPT. 2. 1920.

1 ,42 9,527, Pmted'Sept 19', I922 Patented Sept. 19, 1922.

U N l T D .3 T AT i p HENRY A. IPA UL, MUSKQGEE, OKLAH C l IYEA.

r HINGE.

Application filed September 2, 1920. SeriaL1-No.-4 07;691.

.T-o all whom itmay conoern:

Be it known that I, HENRY A. :PAUL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Muskogee, in the county of Muskogee and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hinges; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates generally to hardware, and more particularly to hinges for doors and the like.

The principal object of the invention s to provide a hinge with means whereby 1t will not work loose and allow the door or the like which is supported thereby to sag, the leaf of the hinge which is attached to the jamb or frame of the door is provided with a lateral extension so that this leaf is secured to two adjacent sides of the jamb or frame.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of the details of construction, and the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

The descriptive matter of'the application is supplemented by the accompanying drawings in which similar reference characters are used to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a front view of a portion of a door and door jamb, illustrating the application of a hinge constructed in accordance with this invention thereto.

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 22 of Fig. 1; and,

Fig. 3 is aperspective view of the hinge detached from the door and door amb.

In the embodiment illustrated the numeral 1 designates a rectangular plate which forms one of the leaves of the hinge. This plate is provided with a number of apertures 2 adapted to receive the screws 3 which attach it to one side of a door D. One of the long edges of the plate 1 is bent laterally as at 1, and this laterally bent portion 4 is provided with extended wings which are curved circularly to form pintle sockets 5. As shown, there are two of these sockets 5 and they are spaced from one another and from the upper and lower edges of the pipe.

The other leaf of the hinge comprises a ii-ectangular-plate 6 provided with a number of apertures 7 adaptedto receive screws by which itmay be attached to one side oftheidoor jamb J; =One long edge of the plate 6 is provided with extending wings which are bent circularly to form alined pintle sockets 9. There are three of these sockets 9, one of them is at the upper edge of the plate, one at the lower edge thereof and one at the middle of the plate. This arrangement is such that the sockets 9 may be brought into registering relation with the sockets 5 of the plate 1, so as to receive a pintle 10 by which the plates 1 and 6 are hingedly connected together.

The plate 6 has on one of its sides lateral extensions 11. These extensions form one of the arms of right angular members, the

other arms of which are soldered, brazed, l5

welded or otherwise suitably secured to the plate. The extensions 11 are apertured so that when the hinge is positioned upon the door jamb J with the plate 6 resting against one side and the extensions against another side, screws 12 may be passed through the apertures in the extensions and into the door jamb J.

Referring to Fig. 2 it will be seen that when the door is in closed position a con- 86 siderable amount of the strain on the hinge is exerted upon the screws 12 in a transverse direction which would not tend to loosen the screws. Very little strain would be placed upon the screws 8 'in a lon- 90 gitudinal direction whenthe door is closed. When the door is open the strain will be upon the screws 8 in a transverse direction and this would not tend to loosen these screws. The strain would not be upon the screws 12 in a longitudinal direction that the hinge is constructed so that in ordinary use it will not work loose nor allowthe door to sag. The objects of the invention have therefore been effectively carried out, but various changes in form and proportion, may be resorted to without departing from the principle of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A hinge comprising a pair or hingedly connected leaves provided with apertures adapted to receive screws by which said leaves may be attached to one side of a door and its jamb, and a right angular member having one of its arms disposed flat against y when the door is open. It will thus be seen one side of one of said leaves and rigidly fastened thereto and its other arm extending laterally therefrom and provided with an aperture adapted to receive a screw by which said other arm may be attached to another side of the door jamb.

2. A hinge comprising leaves having thei inner end portions, pivotally connected one of said leaves having its inner side portion extending at right angles to its major portion whereby the major portion of the last mentioned leaf will extend at right angles to the second leaf when the inner end porlion of the leaves are parallel,rsaid leaves being provided with fastener receiving openings and a bracing clip having one arm positioned flat against the face of the second leaf of the hinge and terminating short of the inner side thereof, and a second arm extending outwardly from the first arm at right angles thereto and having fastener receiving openings.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand. i

HENRY A. PAUL 

